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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sam Fathers' heritage in the story "A Justice"?

2. What is Emily Grierson's initial response after her father dies?

3. What is Sam Father's real birth name?

4. What crime is Res Grier accused of in the end of the story "Shingles for the Lord"?

5. What animal does Res Grier try to sell in order to settle his debts with his co-workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumor spreads through town about Minnie Cooper, and how do the townsfolk react in the story "Dry September"?

2. Why do the Indians come to the president's office seeking advice in the story "Lo"?

3. How does the father in "The Tall Men" cope with the surgery he must undergo before his sons are taken away from him?

4. Why are the two Indians in "Red Leaves" searching for their chief's slave?

5. What mysterious events began to occur once Doom arrives back at his Indian tribe?

6. How does Pete's family react when he is killed in combat in the story "Shall Not Perish"?

7. In the story "A Justice," why does Doom leave his tribe and where does he go?

8. How does Nancy react to life in jail in the story "The Evening Sun"?

9. Why is Lucius Provine sent to see the Indian doctor while out on a bear hunt?

10. Whom does the desirable woman in "A Courtship" decide to marry, and how does she make her decision?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of decay represented in the story "A Rose for Emily"? Choose two people or objects in this short story and compare/contrast the physical decay these objects undergo throughout the course of the story. Then explain how this decay represents to the theme of love in Emily Grierson's life.

Essay Topic 2

How did Mannie's husband's death in the story "Mule in the Yard" incite a sequence of tragic events? What message is Faulkner sending the reader about revenge through this cautionary tale? Finally, what were the effects of revenge in the lives of both Mannie and Snopes?

Essay Topic 3

The story of Doom becoming Indian chief of his tribe is one full of adultery, murder, dishonesty and racism. Give at least one examples of each of these elements within the story "A Justice." Then explain why you think Faulkner chose to give this story its particular title.

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